BigSlick
Member
I've had it with picking up primers off the floor from the Rock Chucker. It's a great press in almost every conceivable way but I'm getting too old/lazy/tired of having to pick up half of the spent primers from the floor.
Beside this, I have decided to load my larger rifle rounds on a single/turret because the volume I load of these (2-300 rnds a year) doesn't warrant the conversion kit(s) for the Dillon. I will also use it for case prep of all my brass, decap before tumbling, size before trimming etc..
So, I've been looking at turrets. The Lyman is a six hole, the Redding a seven. Lyman is MUCH cheaper, but the Redding is built like a Rock Chucker - hell for stout.
I have read thru a lot of posts from searching this forum, it seems like owners of both the Lyman and Redding are happy as a clam with them.
If any of you had to buy again, would you buy the same ? Any gotchas with either ? I can't tell from the pics I have seen of the Lyman if the primer catcher works worth a damn or not, the Redding uses a tube at the bottom of the ram, that can be routed to a trash can etc.
Can any of you give me a little personal insight ? I plan on buying one or the other in the next month or so. Winter is here and I have a lot of brass to prep and it's time to load again for spring.
The auto primer feed attachment on the Redding looks like it *might* be a little cumbersome to use with a rythym because it is so close to the operating handle. The Redding handle is *not* reversable. The Lyman handle is reversable, and the primer feed looks to be the one at a time standard single stage type.
I like the idea of 7 holes of the redding (two calibers and a powder measure) , but could easily get by with the six hole by buying another (cheaper) turret head with the Lyman.
Suggestions ? Opinions ? Alternatives ?
Thanks in advance for the help
BigSlick
Beside this, I have decided to load my larger rifle rounds on a single/turret because the volume I load of these (2-300 rnds a year) doesn't warrant the conversion kit(s) for the Dillon. I will also use it for case prep of all my brass, decap before tumbling, size before trimming etc..
So, I've been looking at turrets. The Lyman is a six hole, the Redding a seven. Lyman is MUCH cheaper, but the Redding is built like a Rock Chucker - hell for stout.
I have read thru a lot of posts from searching this forum, it seems like owners of both the Lyman and Redding are happy as a clam with them.
If any of you had to buy again, would you buy the same ? Any gotchas with either ? I can't tell from the pics I have seen of the Lyman if the primer catcher works worth a damn or not, the Redding uses a tube at the bottom of the ram, that can be routed to a trash can etc.
Can any of you give me a little personal insight ? I plan on buying one or the other in the next month or so. Winter is here and I have a lot of brass to prep and it's time to load again for spring.
The auto primer feed attachment on the Redding looks like it *might* be a little cumbersome to use with a rythym because it is so close to the operating handle. The Redding handle is *not* reversable. The Lyman handle is reversable, and the primer feed looks to be the one at a time standard single stage type.
I like the idea of 7 holes of the redding (two calibers and a powder measure) , but could easily get by with the six hole by buying another (cheaper) turret head with the Lyman.
Suggestions ? Opinions ? Alternatives ?
Thanks in advance for the help
BigSlick